Should have been episodic instead of movie. It seem such wasted potential. All the negative points are, possibly, a byproduct of it being a movie.
- Bad pacing and editing:
The movie jumps from scene to scene too fast. It seems they had to edit out a lot of transition scenes just to keep the movie from going too long. You don't have time to feel sad, to feel anger, to feel shock, to feel empathy. This wouldn't have been a problem as episodic anime.
- Bland new characters:
The new characters got almost no development. We don't understand their ambitions, their purpose, where they came from, why they are how they are. Nothing. They feel empty.
They are trying to go for the composed but insane villain. But it falls flat since he isn't funny nor witty, nor does he have a higher purpose or a twisted sense of justice, nor does he have a deep hatred or a quest for vengeance. And my guess is because they didn't have time to properly present him which goes back to the main problem of it being a movie.
Same for the other new character. She supposedly forms a very strong bond with the main character but they only show one scene where they are together bonding, again probably because it is a movie. This makes no sense. You don't create a strong bond by talking for like 30 mins(if it was that much), that is too much even for anime. And leads me to my last negative.
- Very weak ending:
Nonsense considering my previous point. It's like it's made that way just as means to move the plot forward. Not going to say much about it to keep away from spoiling.
Overall it was mediocre. I hope they do season 2 more like season 1.
